THE STAGE
At Signature, the opportunities for audiences aren’t limited to the productions onstage. The Center also
offers a multitude of exciting supplemental programming that take the connection to the production
far past the curtain call. From Q&A’s with designers at Backstage Pass to Signature Book Club and
Signature Cinema, here are a few favorite moments from the events that entertained audiences this fall.
ART OF COLLABORATION
SEPTEMBER 11 ART OF COLLABORATION
The Old Friends director Michael Wilson discusses his collaboration with Hallie Foote
in bringing her father’s plays to life.
It’s always great to have Hallie as the anchor. When you’re working on a production…you have to
construct it. You have to make it like you would make a house. You have to make it sturdy and give
it a foundation. Hallie is always the access point and I think actors who are returning to Horton’s
work can bounce themselves off of Hallie or can measure themselves by Hallie’s truth-telling…
her being this barometer of truth with his work and his language. Hallie has been very open and
excited to new actors bringing their own sensibilities to the plays. What’s great about it is how
excited she gets to see actors bring their own kind of vitality and theatricality to Horton’s world
and his language and his characters…just the way Horton would get excited.
above:
Audience
members at
an event for
stop. reset.,
2013.
left:
Beth Whitaker,
Hallie Foote, and
Michael Wilson
at Art of
Collaboration,
2013.